Biographies:  Henry H. HAYDEN, Eau Claire, Eau Claire Co., WI 

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Among the successful and prominent lawyers of Wisconsin for many years was H. 
H. Hayden.  He was born in Schenectady, N. Y., May 3, 1841.  His father, 
Edwin S. Hayden, a Connecticut Yankee, was a mechanic and farmer; his mother, 
Matilda Hayden, nee Joyce, was of Dutch ancestry and a daughter of a survivor 
of the Mohawk massacre.  Raised on a farm, his boyhood was uneventful.  After 
obtaining a good common school education at Crystal Lake, Ill., he became a 
student in the law office of M. L. Joslyn, at Woodstock, Ill.  His legal 
studies were continued in Oshkosh, Wis., in the office of Jackson & Halsey 
and of Felker & Weisbrod.  He was admitted to the bar in September 1871, and 
on January 1, 1872, located in Eau Claire, where he became associated with 
William Pitt Bartlett under the firm name of Bartlett & Hayden. Mr. Hayden 
soon demonstrated his ability in his profession, and in a short time, through 
close application and indefatigable energy, he became one of the leaders of 
the bar in the state.  After the partnership of Bartlett & Hayden had 
continued for fourteen years it was dissolved, and Mr. Hayden shortly 
thereafter formed an association with T. F. Frawley, which continued for 
three years.  He next admitted R. H. Start into his business, forming the 
firm of Hayden & Start.  This partnership continued two years, and from that 
time Mr. Hayden practiced alone.  He was engaged in many cases of more than 
local importance, and probably argued as many cases before the higher courts 
as any member of the bar in the state, outside of a few members of the
Milwaukee bar.  His knowledge, his tact and force before judge and jury, 
earned him a position in the front rank of a small body of men who, 
collectively, were the ablest lawyers in the state.  His success was largely 
attributed to the care with which he prepared his cases before trial and to 
the conscientious manner in which he treated his clients, always endeavoring 
to avoid litigation when just settlement could be obtained out of court.

Although his time was almost entirely absorbed by his profession, Mr. Hayden 
became largely interested in manufacturing enterprises and financial 
institutions, and was the vice president of the bank of Eau Claire.  He 
served in the war of the rebellion as sergeant in Company H, Thirty-Sixth 
Illinois Volunteer Infantry.

Mr. Hayden was twice married.  His first wife was Florence Slocum, by whom he 
had two daughters, Avis and Georgie.  On March 18, 1885, he was again married 
to Alice W. Ellis.  In the death of Mr. Hayden, which occurred January 4, 
1903, the bar lost one of its brightest legal minds, and the city, one of its 
most influential and highly respected citizens.

--Taken from "The History of Eau Claire County, 1914, Past & Present,"
pages 275-276.